Harold Danforth

Harold Warren Danforth (8 April 1916 – 7 May 1993) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Born in Leamington, Ontario, he was a farmer by career.

Harold Warren Danforth
Official 1973 portrait
Member of Parliament for Kent
In office March 1958 – June 1962
Member of Parliament for Kent
In office April 1963 – June 1968
Member of Parliament for Kent—Essex
In office June 1968 – May 1974
Personal details
Born	(1916-04-08)8 April 1916 Leamington, Ontario, Canada
Died	7 May 1993(1993-05-07) (aged 77)
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Spouse	Isabel Cora
Profession	Farmer
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Danforth attended Ontario Agricultural College after which he farmed in the Blenheim area.^[1][2] He became a local councillor in Blenheim, Ontario between 1956 and 1958 and was then elected at the Kent riding in the 1958 federal election. Although he was defeated in the following federal election in 1962, he won the riding back in the 1963 election and was re-elected in 1965. In 1966, riding boundaries were changed and Danforth won at the new Kent—Essex riding in the 1968 federal election and again in the 1972 election. Danforth left federal politics when he was defeated in the 1974 election by Robert Daudlin of the Liberal party.

Archives

There is a Harold Danforth fonds at Library and Archives Canada.^[3] Archival reference number is R5392.